Troy, NY: Kenny Hohman picked up the guitar as a young boy after hearing Eddie Van Halen's mind-bending tracks on the early Van Halen records. Joe Daley's two older brothers were already established musicians in their home town, so when Joe was a teenager, he cut his teeth playing the drums with them at dingy clubs and blues joints in and around Troy. After high school, Joe and Kenny moved to New York City, then Woodstock, in the hopes finding the right bass player and establishing a Rock and Roll band. The pair had spent hundreds of smoky hours hypnotized by the magic of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Blind Faith, Led Zeppelin - the music that was made for young souls to discover and devour.
Their travels left them unsatisfied and Hohman and Daley returned home, where on a Monday night blues jam, they unexpectedly met bassist Lori Friday. Friday had been on a musical journey that paralleled her new friends' - she lived on the heavy rock and soul sounds of her heroes and was searching for her musical match. After an initial brush-off by Hohman, a mutual friend convinced the boys to get together with Friday and just play for awhile. The three made a date to jam in a Troy warehouse, and after 45 minutes, Super 400 was born. They didn't need to speak of it - they were already a band from the first note.
The three friends immediately began long jam sessions that lasted for days, searching for and cultivating a sound and feel that would develop into a breathing entity that was entirely theirs. Super 400 takes the classic 'power trio' approach with their live show - three instruments taking up the sonic space of an airplane hangar, rocking to the heavens - but their vocal dynamics and undeniable spiritual synergy cause the sounds to swell to the bursting point.
The band has become one of the most loyally followed rock bands in the Northeast, and the fan base is growing; last year's national tours started a chain of bootleg recordings that have been traded and coveted around the world. Back home, the mayor of Troy gave Super 400 their own official holiday, 'Super 400 Day', to recognize the band's musical achievements as well as the love and support the city has shown for them. Super 400 is gearing up for a new string of national dates this Spring, and will return to Europe in June. They welcome tapers at every show. No two performances are alike; this band loves the crowd and leaves them in a blistered frenzy, room after room.
Band Members
Kenny Hohman - guitar & vocals; Lori Friday - bass guitar & backup vocals; Joe Daley - drums
Influences
Led Zeppelin, Motown, Muscle Shoals, Stax, The Meters, Nick Drake, Chet Atkins, Blind Faith, David Bowie, Humble Pie, Bob Dylan, The Band, Cream, The JBs, Traffic, Debashis Bhattacharya, Donny Hathaway, Yes, Van Halen, Rage, Sabbath, Humble Pie, Traffic
Other Artists
Rose Hill Drive, Queens of the Stone Age, Wilco, The Steepwater Band, Jimi Hendrix, Meters
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